Headline Analyzer

Headline Studio WordPress plugin allows you to easily analyze & improve your headlines as you create content in WordPress

v1.3.7CoScheduleUpdated Added 1k+ installs86% rating
50
Score
13
Errors
31
Warnings
+0
Change

Category Scores

Security16
Repo91
Performance100
Maintainability88

Issues to Review

Prioritized issue groups from the latest Plugin Check scan

44 findings

Security

31

5 issue groups

Maintainability

11

5 issue groups

Repo Compliance

2

2 issue groups

WARNINGSecurityNonce verification recommendedProcessing form data without nonce verification.12
Category
Security
Occurrences
12
Severity
warning

Sample message

Processing form data without nonce verification.

ERRORSecurityOutput is not escapedAll output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$nonce'.6
Category
Security
Occurrences
6
Severity
error

Sample message

All output should be run through an escaping function (see the Security sections in the WordPress Developer Handbooks), found '$nonce'.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not sanitizedDetected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['email']6
Category
Security
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a non-sanitized input variable: $_GET['email']

WARNINGSecurityRequest data is not unslashed$_GET['email'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar6
Category
Security
Occurrences
6
Severity
warning

Sample message

$_GET['email'] not unslashed before sanitization. Use wp_unslash() or similar

WARNINGMaintainabilityMissing VersionResource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_script(). This means new versions of the script may not always be loaded due to browser caching.4
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
4
Severity
warning

Sample message

Resource version not set in call to wp_enqueue_script(). This means new versions of the script may not always be loaded due to browser caching.

ERRORMaintainabilityMissing direct file access protectionPHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;3
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
3
Severity
error

Sample message

PHP file should prevent direct access. Add a check like: if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;

ERRORMaintainabilitywp function not compatible with requires wpFunction "str_contains()" requires WordPress 5.9.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.6.0.2
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
2
Severity
error

Sample message

Function "str_contains()" requires WordPress 5.9.0, but your plugin minimum supported version is WordPress 5.6.0.

WARNINGSecurityInput is not validatedDetected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']. Check that the array index exists before using it.1
Category
Security
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

Detected usage of a possibly undefined superglobal array index: $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']. Check that the array index exists before using it.

ERRORMaintainabilityparse url parse urlparse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

parse_url() is discouraged because of inconsistency in the output across PHP versions; use wp_parse_url() instead.

WARNINGMaintainabilityNot In FooterIn footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_enqueue_script; It is recommended to load scripts in the footer. Please set this value to `true` to load it in the footer, or explicitly `false` if it should be loaded in the header.1
Category
Maintainability
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

In footer ($in_footer) is not set explicitly wp_enqueue_script; It is recommended to load scripts in the footer. Please set this value to `true` to load it in the footer, or explicitly `false` if it should be loaded in the header.

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ERRORRepo Complianceoutdated tested upto header1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
error

Sample message

Tested up to: 6.8 < 7.0. The "Tested up to" value in your plugin is not set to the current version of WordPress. This means your plugin will not show up in searches, as we require plugins to be compatible and documented as tested up to the most recent version of WordPress.

WARNINGRepo Compliancereadme parser warnings too many tags1
Category
Repo Compliance
Occurrences
1
Severity
warning

Sample message

One or more tags were ignored. Please limit your plugin to 5 tags.

External Connections

Potential connections found in static code analysis.

10 domains

Outbound calls

31

External assets

0

Incoming endpoints

6

Platform / Reference Domains

gnu.org2 · platform/reference
w3.org2 · platform/reference
opensource.org1 · platform/reference

External Asset Domains

No external asset domains detected.

Incoming Endpoints

/wp-json/cos_headline_studio/v1/connect_account_handlerREST

register_rest_route

/wp-json/cos_headline_studio/v1/disconnect_accountREST

register_rest_route

/wp-json/cos_headline_studio/v1/get_headline_post_meta/(?P<post_id>\d+)REST

register_rest_route

/wp-json/cos_headline_studio/v1/set_headline_post_meta/(?P<post_id>\d+)REST

register_rest_route

/wp-json/cos_headline_studio/v1/set_onboardedREST

register_rest_route

/wp-json/cos_headline_studio/v1/set_preferred_editorREST

register_rest_route

Score History

First score snapshot

v1.3.7

50

Latest

Findings
44
Errors
13
Warnings
31
Check
2.0.0

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